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Re:New York employers must include pay rates in job ads unde... by miki123211 on Monday September 25, 2023 @07:48AM (#37642270)
IMO a much better idea that circumvents all these problems is requiring companies to disclose how much they're already paying their employees, the Scandinavian way.

This wouldn't even necessarily need to be broken down by individual employees, per position would work too, with statistics like number of employees covered, min, max, average and median.

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Re:New York employers must include pay rates in job ads unde... by brtkdotse on Monday September 25, 2023 @08:18AM (#37642526)
> the Scandinavian way

They… do no such thing?

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Re:New York employers must include pay rates in job ads unde... by hiq on Monday September 25, 2023 @08:28AM (#37642642)
Apparently you can get anyone's declared income with just a phone call, maybe that's what they're referring to: https://www.businessinsider.com/sweden-salaries-freely-avail...

If that's possible, you can at least in theory try to find a representative sample of current employees and get an idea of how much you could realistically get paid.

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Re:New York employers must include pay rates in job ads unde... by nfriedly on Monday September 25, 2023 @08:28AM (#37642635)
I believe Finland and Norway each publish the income of all citizens.
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Re:New York employers must include pay rates in job ads unde... by magicalhippo on Monday September 25, 2023 @08:59AM (#37643050)
Except at least in Norway it's total taxable income, so it's after various adjustments.

However for most people it should be representative and you should be able to get a good estimate of how much they're paid.

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Re:New York employers must include pay rates in job ads unde... by nfriedly on Monday September 25, 2023 @02:41PM (#37648607)
I think you're right. Edited for clarity.
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Re:New York employers must include pay rates in job ads unde... by jimbokun on Monday September 25, 2023 @09:39AM (#37643618)
That's brilliant.

Some blue states (I would be shocked to see Republicans support this, despite the fact more information is very pro-market) institute this and maybe someday at the federal level as voters warm up to the idea.

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Re:New York employers must include pay rates in job ads unde... by meindnoch on Monday September 25, 2023 @08:23AM (#37642581)
Taxeringskalender
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Re:New York employers must include pay rates in job ads unde... by fourseventy on Monday September 25, 2023 @10:11AM (#37644065)
Sounds great. Why don't you start. How much do you make?
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Re:New York employers must include pay rates in job ads unde... by frumper on Monday September 25, 2023 @11:03AM (#37645012)
I know many people in this database, including myself. I'm not sure what the big deal is.

https://transparentcalifornia.com

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Re:New York employers must include pay rates in job ads unde... by fourseventy on Monday September 25, 2023 @04:09PM (#37649876)
I'm not a fan of the government mandating the disclosure of how much money I make.
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